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• larval stage n. Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers.
  Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week...
• wannabee /won'*-bee/ n. (also, more plausibly, spelled `wannabe') [from a term recently used to describe Madonna fans who dress, talk, and act like their idol
  prob. originally from biker slang] A would-be hacker....
• erminal junkie: [UK] n. A {wannabee} or early {larval stage} hacker who spends most of his or her time wandering the directory tree and writing {noddy} programs just to get a fix of computer time.
  Variants include `terminal jockey', `console junkie', and {console jockey}....
• computer geek: n. One who eats (computer) bugs for a living.
  One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hacke...
• hack mode n. 1. What one is in when hacking, of course.
  2. More specifically, a Zen-like state of total focus on The Problem that may be achieved when one is hacking (this is why every good hacker is part mystic)....
• burn-in period: n. 1. A factory test designed to catch systems with {marginal} components before they get out the doo
  he theory is that burn-in will protect customers by outwaiting the steepest part of the {bathtub curve} (see {infant mortality})....
• munchkin: /muhnch'kin/ [from the squeaky-voiced little people in L.
  Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz"] n. A teenage-or-younger micro enthusiast hacking BASIC or something else equally constricted....
• computer geek n. 1. One who eats (computer) bugs for a living.
  One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hacke...
• hacker n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1.
  A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary....